Students will be introduced to geography information systems and geography field work. A minimum of 5 lessons will be spent collecting data from the environment and recording it with GPS and tablets, The remaining sessions will introduce students to mapping and data presentation systems associated with simple GIS. GIS and Spatial Technology is a growing field of employment. Six years ago the instructor, Becky Stevens, led a group of high school students to win state and national awards in Spatial Technology in schools competitions.